Garrett Kaoru Hongo (Cyclopedia of World Authors)
Garrett Kaoru Hongo was born on May 30, 1951, in Volcano, Hawaii, of Japanese parents. His father, Albert Kazuyoshi, was descended from a line of clerks and administrators, and his mother, Louise Tomiko Kubota Hongo, came from a family of plantation laborers. The family left Volcano when Hongo was six months old. Eventually they moved from Hawaii, and when he was six years old they settled in a small city south of Los Angeles called Gardena. At that time, Gardena boasted the largest community of Japanese Americans on the United States mainland. It was bordered on the north by the...
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